@oldhat: "I don't know...if I so wanted to create an ick factor/artsy statement with beer I think I would do a take on the "This beer tastes like piss" statement people throw around by making a beer using some water extracted from my urine (yes, it's a thing and it's drinkable).

@ vandalhandle: Another abstainer here. I didn't try the stuff until I was amost 18, so I think I skipped that whole what-I'm-doing-is-illgeal-so-it-HAS-to-be-awesooooome stage. Nothing against falling down juice, just I've never found a tipple I liked the taste of (not for lack of trying).

Like Kay, I'm way more inclined towards a good cup of tea, thanks to my mother getting me hooked when I was still womb-bound.

George Washington famously brewed it. James Madison purportedly sought to create a cabinet-level Secretary of Beer. And Franklin Delano Roosevelt helped make it legal to produce and sell (again) by championing legislation repealing Prohibition. Upon signing the bill, he reportedly said, "I think this would be a good time for a beer."As you may have heard, our current president likes his beer, too. Earlier this month, the Obama White House released two official recipes of its own in a blog post entitled "Ale to the Chief."

And yet another abstainer here. I don't imbibe as I find taste of alcohol unpleasant (every type I've even tried), I don't enjoy the sensation of being drunk, and I tend to turn into a massive, offensive jerk when even mildly intoxicated.

If people ask why I don't drink though, I tend to tell them I'm a violent drunk. That way I come across as slightly edgy and dangerous, rather than just being a boring killjoy :D

I don't drink tea or coffee either - but that's just because I don't like the taste. I suck down sugar free colas and energy drinks like there's no tomorrow though (I did try to cut down but the headaches... oh the headaches!)